By Murphy Obershaw, Staff Writer Newman’s theater department will be performing the play “Dark at the Top of the Stairs” in one week. “Dark at the Top of the Stairs” is about the struggles of the Flood family.  Rubien Flood, played by Lucas Farney, is a traveling salesman, and

By Katie Smith, A&E Editor Before school ended last year, Newman announced plans to form “living communities” in the residence halls, and among them were communities for pet owners, nursing students, biology majors and Catholic women. The idea was that students with like minded interests might benefit from

By Hope Eckley, Staff Writer A group of Newman’s theatre students got the chance to be within feet of Carrie Underwood at her last concert at Intrust Bank Arena. “Myself and a few other theater majors were sent information about the gig from our advisor, Mark Mannette, the previous

By Stephanie Le, Staff Writer Playing a musical instrument can be exciting, and for freshman Rebecca Ortiz, that instrument is the ukulele. Ortiz has been playing the instrument for about two or three years. She said she became interested in it after learning that her friend’s family could all